We Are Like a Contorted Christmas Tree

There it stood—the best tree in the lot. It was the second Christmas of our married life, and with newlywed-like impulse, we decided to forego the ...

Purpose of Incarnation

He became what we are that he might make us what he is.

Christmas: Unpredictable God

Frederick Buechner, in The Hungering Dark, writes:

Those who believe in God can never in a way be sure of him again. Once they have seen him in a stable, ...

Jesus from Heaven to Earth

Author and pastor Leith Anderson writes:

Several years ago I was visiting Manila and was taken, of all places, to the Manila garbage dump and saw something ...

Henri Nouwen Defines Christmas

Songs, good feelings, beautiful liturgies, nice presents, big dinners, and sweet words do not make Christmas. Christmas is saying yes to something beyond ...

Heavenly Reward

As a deaf child, former NFL star Kenny Walker felt like an outsider. As Kenny matured, however, he compensated for his deafness with great physical prowess. ...

Ministry in a Fallen World

In 1983 the First Presbyterian Church of Concord, California was in the headlines. Pastor Leon Thompson had convinced his 500 member congregation to purchase ...

Experiencing God

There is a splendid moment in the movie Jurassic Park, when world-class paleontologist Allen Grant, who has devoted his life to the study of dinosaurs, ...

Waiting for a Savior

In his book, Detours: Sometimes Rough Roads Lead to Right Places, Clark Cothern tells of a Christmas when his family encountered an unexpected house guest. ...

No Antiseptic Evangelism

Today, thanks to a small Canadian software company, high school students can get through biology class without smelling like formaldehyde. While students ...